in my "small" money league i had the 5th pick; mccoy and charles were on the table but i took spiller then david wilson in the 2nd round (20th overall - 12 team league)

i'm 2-2 in that league

Yes, think back to August and the first round of your draft, I would say if you picked Arian Foster, C.J. Spiller, David Wilson, Doug Martin and maybe Chris Johnson you are probably not doing too well. I mean a lot of these guys are top 10 RBs, but RBs are not carrying your fantasy team this year unless you have Peterson, McCoy or Charles. DeMarco Murray has only really had one good week.

My #1 and #2 running backs are AP and Fred Jackson, and AP is off this week. My options at backup running back are MJD and Danny Woodhead (leaning toward him). Everybody on the FA market is third string or not worth starting, and I have no idea what to do. With Tom Brady having a down year AP really was the breadwinner on my fantasy team.

As has been said, RB's are particularly rough this year. Their are AP, McCoy, Charles and then about 10-12 more guys (maybe) as solid RB1's or RB2's. After that, pshhh, you're looking at sub-par starters (Mendenhall, Miller) and RBBC guys (Mathews, Ridley, Moreno) and starters subbing for injured starters (Powell, Rodgers).

In a 12 team league, that 3rd back is hard to come by and usually represents a big drop off.

I am crossing my fingers on L.Bell - snagged him after his initially injury and stashed him for a few weeks (Would feel a lot better if Pitt's line didn't stink). With him, I have Morris, DeMarco, Bell and Mathews.

@ mooby, I would start Woodhead. Seen a few SD games and he comes in for most scoring opportunities close to the goal line (from the 5-20). Not gonna get a lot of yards but likely to get a TD or possibly two. Not sure you can say that about MJD in that Jags offense.

@ mooby, I would start Woodhead. Seen a few SD games and he comes in for most scoring opportunities close to the goal line (from the 5-20). Not gonna get a lot of yards but likely to get a TD or possibly two. Not sure you can say that about MJD in that Jags offense.

Thanks dude, that's who I think I'm going to go with. I know he had a couple receiving td's last week but in previous weeks he didn't do much of anything. Hopefully he carries over his success from last week, it's bad enough my other starter is splitting carries with CJ Spiller.

RBs are so bad this year I am starting a WR in my flex every week. This week its Lynch and Woodhead (yuck) but A.J. Green, Fitzgerald and Edelman are my WR, with Brady and Julius Thomas rounding out my team. I also could not stomach starting the Bengals against the Patriots this week, so I picked up the Panthers to start against the Cards.

I wanna say 6th or 7th, everybody else was making a run on rb's and all the options I wanted were gone by the time I had to pick, and MJD was the last halfway decent name on the board. Of course I was basing this entirely on his past success, and I was desperately in need of a second starter. I gotta say, although I had the top pick in the draft, having the first pick in one round and the last pick in the next round has its positives and negatives, negatives being if there is a run made on one position, you find yourself picking from the scrap heap.